YANA

Kindly old Professor Yana- found as a child on the border of the Silver Devastation, greatest scientific mind on Malcassario, seeker of Utopia...

And the Doctor's greatest friend and enemy, the Master.

Utopia is a favorite episode of mine. Despite the fact that I knew some of what was coming, it was a great reintroduction for a classic villain, with Derek Jacobi taking center stage as Yana/the Master and doing an excellent job as both. Interestingly enough, Big Finish Productions has brought this version of the Master back in a series of Time War audio dramas. The latter appearances of Jacobi as the Master was the biggest draw for me to this figure, as the Time War is one of my favorite aspects of the new show.

From what pictures I could find of the sculpts online, I was a little unsure of the detail- in person, however, there is plenty, subtler than, say, a GW miniature. While not the best sculpts of Warlord Games' line, they are certainly adequate- with the possible exception of Chantho's face, which seems off to me.

I'm not very pleased with the paint job, however. I made the mistake of using a new, spray primer on them, and it buried the already fine detail. I had to strip them, which failed to remove the heavy primer from all of the crevices. This is unfortunately most noticeable on Yana's face.

Still, the paint work is quite usable,  at tabletop distances the blemishes are less noticable.